Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan will host their rivals of yore, Rangers of Enugu in a home game on Tuesday.
Lovers of the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) are buzzing at the beautiful prospects a 3SC-Rangers game offers to serve.
Many years ago, a matchup of its lexical weight would have seen fans throw banter in beautiful mind games. That seems a long time ago these days, but in 2022, a fixture of its magnitude has still had a widely-accepted pedigree.
Shooting Stars, back to the NPFL after a 4-year hiatus have been at both ends of brilliance. On some days, they’ve caught the eye but on others, they’ve flattered to deceive. A clash against the Flying Antelopes however serves the value of historic importance. Home fans may not appreciate anything but an impressive outing at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba.
A Shooting Stars-Rangers fixture has great nostalgic value, as it has trumped up some of the biggest rivalries seen in the history of club football in Nigeria. It’s a derby known to parade quality players, some of whom are the greatest footballers seen in the history of Nigeria.
Some of the players who have featured in this encounter in the past are former national team skippers and Nigerian football legends- Christian Chukwu and Segun Odegbami. Others are/were mainstays of the Nigerian national team of old like Alloysius Atuegbu, Muda Lawal, Emmanuel Okala, Felix Owolabi, etcetera.
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